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FRENCH DRILL BOOK 


BY 

RAPHAEL WINDMAN 

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Stuyvesanl High School , New York City 



NEW YORK 

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Copyright, 1923, by 
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PREFACE 


This book is intended to guide teachers and pupils in 
a review of the essentials of French Grammar. Theory 
and explanatory material have been omitted in prefer¬ 
ence to systematic and thorough drill in fundamentals. 

This book is adaptable primarily to the needs of stu¬ 
dents in elementary courses. It will be considerably 
serviceable in the more advanced courses where a thorough 
review of French Grammar is desired. 

The most conspicuous feature of this book is that it is 
pedagogical. Years of classroom experience have con¬ 
vinced the author that it is pedagogically wrong to give 
students difficult assignments without suitable prelim¬ 
inary drill material. This material the author has pro¬ 
vided and suggests that it be used for classroom purposes. 

Most of the drill material has been drawn from recent 
examination papers. These questions have been sys¬ 
tematically and logically grouped for each topic. The 
miscellaneous questions at the end will serve as a general 
review toward the completion of the course. 

R. W. 

New York, March, 1923. 




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CONTENTS 


PAGE 

The Adjective . i 

The Partitive. 4 

The Reflexive Verb. 5 

Agreement of Past Participle. 6 

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns . io 

Personal Pronouns. 11 

Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns. 13 

Interrogative Pronouns . x 5 

Relative Pronouns. T 7 

Exercises on Pronouns . J 9 

Conditional Sentences... • 22 

The Subjunctive.. • - 2 4 

Verbs. 2 7 

The Preposition. 3 2 

Synonyms, Antonyms, Etc. 3 6 

Derivations. 3'8 

Idioms. 39 

Miscellaneous Grammatical Questions. 45 

Questions to be Answered in French. 5° 

Translation from English into French. 54 

Composition. 65 

Phonetics. ^7 


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THE ADJECTIVE 

An adjective agrees in number and gender with the 
noun it modifies. 

Most descriptive adjectives come after the nouns they 
modify. 

Traduire en frangais 

A. 1. The happy boy, the happy woman. 

2. A rainy day, a rainy night. 

3. An active boy, an active girl. 

4. Last month, last week. 

5. A thick book, a thick pen. 

6. His favorite son, his favorite daughter. 

7. A good pencil; a good pen. 

8. Is that meat fat? 

9. vShe is not cruel; she is gentle. 

10. This new avenue is public. 

B. 1. Your pen is longer than mine. 

2. She is the proudest woman that I know. 

3. The Greek language is more difficult than the Latin 
language. 

4. If I had such a history, I should not sell it. 

5. If this news is false, I shall blame you. 

6. This bread has been on the table since yesterday; 
it is already dry. 

7. Has she not a sweet voice? 

8. He bought a square table. 

9. Although he is taller than I, he is not so strong. 


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10. He wants us to send him a beautiful painting from 
Paris. 

Examination Questions 

1. Ecrire le feminin des adjectifs suivants: franc , grec, 
lure , public, gentil, inquiet, anxieux, absolu, interieur, gai. 

2. Regulier, eternel, terrible. 

3. GVos, jeune, naif. 

4. Changer le genre des adjectifs: etroites, familiers, 
jaloux , ta/Ze, agreable, rurale. 

5 . Ecrire le feminin de dix seulement des mots suivants: 
/tfger, new/, paysan, nouveau, superieur, gris, blanc , long , 
gentil, sec, frais, faux, continuel, inquiet, eleve. 

6. Quel est le masculin de bonne, canines? 

7 . Write all five forms of eac/t of the following: 
nouveau, vieux. 

8. Give the masculine and the feminine of five adjec¬ 
tives that have two forms for the masculine, and explain 
the difference in use of the masculine forms. 

9 . Employer dans de petites / phrases les adjectifs 
suivants avant ou apres le substantif: rouge, anglais, 
infatigable, bon et brave, amere. w 

10. Employer dans de petites phrases les adjectifs 
suivants, suivis ou precedes d’un substantif, d’apres les 
regies connues: (a) premier, ( b ) vieux, (c) rouge, (d) 
officiel et incontestable, (e) cane. 

11 . Explain the agreement of the adjective in French 
(i) when it relates to one substantive, (2) when it 
relates to several substantives, (3) when it relates to 
several substantives of different genders. 

12. Give the feminine forms of the following: bref, 
fiux, gentil, sec. Compare the adjective and the adverb 
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13. Give the comparative or the superlative of the 
adjective or adverb required in each of the following sen¬ 
tences : 

(a) J’ecris bien; vous ecrivez—que moi. 

(b) II n’a pas la—idee de ces choses. 

(c) Vous parlez bien; il parle beaucoup—. 

( d ) Ce sont les—tableaux du musee. 

( e ) Laquelle de ces jeunes filles chante— ? 


THE PARTITIVE 


1. Used as an adjective: du, de la, de P, des. 

(a) de (or d*) alone is used if the verb is negative, or if 
an adjective precedes the noun. 

2. Used as a pronoun: always translated by en. 

A. Mettre dans chaque phrase qui suit le mot qui manque: 

1. Nous avons vu—jolis oiseaux et-grands lions. 

2. Donnez-moi-encre et-papier. 

3. -avez-vous assez maintenant? 

4. II m’a apporte un verre - eau fraiche. 

5. II n’a que-laine; il n’a pas-soie. 

6 . Avez-vous lu-livres interessants pendant les 

vacances ? 

7. Nous-avons lu plusieurs. 

Traduire en frangais: 

B. 1. Some water, some good water, no water. 

2. Some cities, no cities, some magnificent cities, large 
cities, many cities. 

3. Some books, no books, interesting books, small 
books. 

4. Some soup, some hot soup, good soup, no soup. 

5. Some apples, bad apples, red apples. 

6 . Some bread, white bread, good bread, no bread. 

C. 1. Have they any friends? They have. 

2. We have no money; have you? 

3. He doesn’t want us to have any friends. 

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4. When he comes, I shall give him some. 

5. Although he has books, he never reads them. 

6 . If you see good apples, buy some. 

7. Don’t give him any, because he doesn’t need them. 

8 . Here are some peaches; will you have some? 

9. As soon as I get to Paris, I shall send you some 
French newspapers. 

10. Give me some bread; I am hungry. 

11. Flies are insects and horses are animals. 

12. Did you see any tigers in South America? 

THE REFLEXIVE VERB 
Traduire en frangais 

A. 1. He is hiding himself. 

2 . We were going to bed. 

3. He is mistaken. 

4 . Are you having a good time? 

5. How are you? 

6 . I am well, but my brother is ill. 

7. They will‘take a rest. 

8 . Let us take a rest. 

9. Enjoy yourself. 

10. Did you enjoy yourself? 

11. Let us hurry. 

12. He caught a cold. 

13. What is your name? 

14. My name is John. 

15. I had a good time. 

16. Get up. 

17. I got up. 

18. Let’s get up. 

19. Don’t go to bed yet. 


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20. We were getting up. 

21 . I went to bed. 

22 . Wash yourself. 

23. I am washing my hands. 

24. Did you wash your face? 

25. Didn’t he take a rest? 

B. 1. We must take a rest immediately. 

2. If you will take a rest, you will feel better. 

3. I am afraid that he will get angry. 

4. At what time do you get up every day? 

5. I get up at seven o’clock. 

6 . I should have gone to bed, if it had been cold. 

7. When he goes to bed, I shall go out. 

8 . Tell it to him, as soon as he gets up. 

9. If he had hurried, he would not have missed the 
train. 

10 . I order you to go to bed. 

11. Unless you go to bed you will be sick. 

12. Soldiers go to bed and get up early. 

AGREEMENT OF PAST PARTICIPLE 

1. A past participle conjugated with ovoir agrees in 
number and gender with its preceding direct object. 

2. A past participle conjugated with etre agrees in 
number and gender with its subject. 

3. The past participle of a reflexive verb, although 
conjugated with etre> agrees in number and gender with 
its preceding direct object. 

A. Mettre la forme convenable du participe passe au lieu 
deVinfinitif entre parentheses: 

1. Est-elle (devenir) riche? 


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2. Elle s’est (laver) les dents. 

3. Quelles plumes a-t-il (acheter) ? 

4. Oil a-t-elle (mettre) la plume? 

5. La dame, qui a (ecrire) la lettre que j’ai (recevoir) la 
semaine demiere est (arriver) ce matin. 

6 . A-t-elle (prendre) l’encre? 

7. Elle ne l’a pas (prendre). 

8. Les p£ches que nous nous sommes (acheter) etaient 
mauvaises. 

9. Elle s’est (casser) la jambe. 

10. Quelle jambe s’est-elle (casser) ? 

11. Apr&s s’etre (lever), elle est (aller) k la fenetre. 

12. Apr&s avoir (dejeuner), elle est (sortir). 

B. Verbes conjugues avec “ avoir ” 

1. The pens which I lost were good. 

2. Which pens did you lose? 

3. I didn’t lose any. 

4. Did you show him tne pictures? I showed them to 
him yesterday. 

5. The apple which he ate was red. 

6. Didn’t she eat the apple? 

7. She ate it and she said it was good. 

8. Did you see Mrs. Smith? I saw her a week ago. 

9. Did you sell your house to your father’s friend? I 
sold it to him. 

10. Why didn’t you sell it to Mr. X? 

11. Paris is the most beautiful city I have ever seen. 

12. I would have sent them to you sooner, but they were 
not ready. 

C. Verbes conjugues avec “ etre” 

1. She fell while running. 


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2. When were they bom? 

3. She died in Paris in 1897. 

4. We arrived by the three o’clock train. 

5 . My sister left London on the 4th of July and arrived 
in New York on the 12th. 

6 . She became tired and weak. 

7. Did they enter the store? 

8. We would have entered the store, if we had had the 
time. 

9. Did they come together? 

10. She went out at 10 o’clock and has not yet returned. 

11. Did they not return before me? 

12. They went up an hour ago and they have not yet 
come down. 

D. Verbes reflechis. 

1 . She washed herself. She washed her face. 

2. We washed ourselves. We washed our hands. 

3. She fell and broke her arm. 

4. She bought herself a dress. 

5. She has hurt her hand. 

6. Marie, I want you to wash your hands immediately. 
I have washed my hands. 

Examination Questions 

1 . Mettre les verbes entre parentheses 4 la forme con- 
venable du passe compose (passe indefini): (a) Helene et 
Marie (s’asseoir) sur le banc. ( b ) Jeles ( appeler ). (c) La 
lettre qu’elle (ecrire) n’est pas ici. (d) Jeanne (se casser) le 
bras. ( e ) Quand ( arriver ) -ils? 


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2. Recopier les phrases suivantes en mettant le verbe 
au passe indefini: (a) Vous prenez mon livre. ( b ) Les 
fautes qu’elle fait sont nombreuses. (c) Leurs legons sont 
faciles mais ils ne les apprennent pas. (d) J’ouvre mon livre. 
(i e ) Je la Ini donne volontiers. 

3. Copiez le passage suivant en corrigeant toutes les 
fautes qui pourraient se trouver dans les mots imprimes 
en caracteres italiques: Un laboureur, etant aide un jour 
k la ville voisin , y avait achete cinq belles peches et les 
avait rapporte pour sa femme et ses quatre fils. Les 
enfants admiraient beaucoup ces beau fruits, qu’ils 
n’avaient jamais vu auparavant. Le lendemain ils dirent 
a leur pere: “ Cher papa, nous avons mange les peches 
que tu nous as donne et nous les avons trouve delicieux .” 

4. Mettre la forme convenable du participe passe au 
lieu de l’infinitif entre parentheses: (a) Elle est ( tomber ) 
et s’est ( casser ) le bras gauche, (b) Elle s’est ( faire ) beau- 
coup de mal. (c) Avez-vous (voir) les fleurs que je me suis 
(<acheter ) au marche ? 

5. Faire accorder les participes passes et donner les 
raisons (en anglais ou en frangais): (a) Voici la salade que 
ma mere a prepare. ( b ) Elle est parti ce matin, (c) Sa 
cousine est mort hier. (d) J’ai achete une douzaine de 
bananes. ( e ) J’en ai achete une douzaine. 

6. Give the correct form of the past participle of the 
verb in parenthesis in each of the following sentences: 

(a) Ils se sont (coucher) de bonne heure. 

(b) Nous les avons (voir ). 

(c) Elies se sont (brosser) les cheveux. 

(d) Elle est (partir) sans lui. 

(e) II est (arriver) lundi (passer). 

(J) Quels livres a-t-il (apporter) ? 


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POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS 

Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns agree 
in number and gender with the thing possessed and not 
with the possessor. 

A. Remplacer les tirets par les formes convenables de 

Vadjectif ou du pronom possessif: 

1. -montre est en or; -est en argent. 

2. -amie est riche; -est pauvre. 

3. Je parle de-fr&re et-. 

4. J’ai ecrit & -amis et-. 

5. -encre est bleue; -est rouge. 

B. Traduire en francais: 

1. A friend of mine has just arrived from Paris. 

2. My orange is as large as his. 

3. Is our house higher than theirs? 

4. Which gifts did he see? He saw hers and mine. 

5. As soon as I find my ink, I shall lend it to you. 

6. Our neighbors and yours left yesterday. 

7. My other pen is also on the table. 

8. His story was less interesting than mine. 

9. Your brother and mine took a walk this morning. 

10. Their trains are not so comfortable as ours. 

11. Our sisters wrote each other many letters. 

12. When your brother lost his money, mine lost some 
too. 

13. Is this knife hers or yours? 

14. Her child (f.) is less gentle than ours. 

15. One of his horses died last week. 

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PERSONAL PRONOUNS 

1. A personal pronoun used as an object of a verb must 
precede the verb except in an affirmative command. 

(a) When two pronouns are placed before the verb, 
the pronoun of the first person or of the second pre¬ 
cedes the pronoun of the third person. If both are of the 
third person, the direct object precedes the indirect. 

( b ) After the verb the direct object always precedes 
the indirect. 

(c) Y and en are always last in any series of object 
pronouns. 

A. Ecrire negativement: 

1. Montrez-le-leur. 

2. Donnez-le-moi. 

3. Donnons-le-lui. 

4. Donnez-m’en. 

5. Pretez-le-nous. 

B. Ecrire affirmativement: 

1. N’y allez pas. 

2. Ne lui en envoyez pas. 

3. Ne me les demandez pas. 

4. Ne nous les montrez pas. 

5. N’en achetez pas, 

Traduire en fran^ais 

C. 1. He gives me some. 

2. He will show it to me. 

3. Show it to them. 

4. I showed them to her. 

5. Would you lend it to me? 


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6 . I shall give it to you there. 

7. Go there at once. 

8 . He will not lend it to me. 

9. Why don’t you lend it to him? 

10. I have asked you for it often. 

11. Will they ask her for it? 

12. Don’t give it to me. 

13. Let us give it to them. 

14. Don’t show it to her. 

15. Must you show it to him ? 

D. 1. I shall give it to him when he comes. 

2 . I don’t want you to lend it to him. 

3. If you will lend it to him, you will regret it. 

4. It is possible that he will lend it to you. 

5. The books which I lent him were interesting. 

6 . If he had given it to me, I should have thanked him. 

7. Don’t tell it to him. 

8 . I shall leave unless you show it to me. 

9. He and I have been friends for five years. 

10 . I have been looking for him and her for two hours; 
have you seen them? 

11 . I met them at his house. 

12. Before you tell it to him, speak to me about it. 

Examination Questions 

1. Ecrivez negativement: (i) Montrez-les-nous, ( 2 ) 
Presentez-vous 4 lui. ( 3 ) Donnez-la-lui. 

2. Completer par des pronoms personnels: (a) Pierre 

frappe a la porte et on-dit d’entrer. ( 6 ) Ces livres 

sont a Henri; rendez--. (c) A qui est ce livre? II est 

& -. ( d ) Mon frere et-ils vont partir. ( e ) Qui est 

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3. Refaire les phrases suivantes en remplagant les 
mots en italique par des pronoms: (a) J’ai rencontre une 
vieille femme. ( b ) J’ai achete deux belles peches a la vieille 
femme. (c ) Je veux donner ces peches a ma mere, (d) Pour 
remercier ma mere de sa bonte. (e) Allez-vous a Vecolet 

4. Traduire en frangais: (a) I give them to him. (6) 
Give me them. ( c ) I will not give them to you. (d) Will 
you not give me it? {e) Do not give it to them. 

5. (a) He has not given them to me yet. ( b ) There are 
none, (c) Then look for some, (d) Here they are. (e) 
Do not lose them. 

6 . (a) Give it to me. ( b ) Do not give it to me. ( c ) 
Give it to her. (d) Do not give it to him. (e) Did you 
give it to us? (/) No, I gave it to them, (g) Give me 
some, (h) Do not give him any. (i) Have you any? 
(/) Yes, I have enough. 

7. (a) Give it to me. ( b ) Don’t lend it to her. (c) I 
haven’t any. (d) She told me so. 0) I gave it to her. (/) 
Here it is. (g) Take it. 

8. Replace the nouns in italics by appropriate pronouns: 
(a) Je vois la plume, (b) II boit du cafe, (c) Je donne 

le livre a mon frere. (d) Mon pere me donne des livres. {e) 
I Is enverront les lettres a mes amis. 

DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS 

Adjectives Pronouns 

Sing. Plur. Sing. Plur. 

Mas. ce (cet) ces Mas. celui ceux 

Fem. cette ces Fern. celle celles 

A. Remplacer les tirets par les formes convenables de 
Vadjectif ou du pronom demonstratif: 

1. -eau-ci est plus claire que-14. 



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2. -homme-ci est aussi fort que-la. 

3. -qui est arrivee est ma niece. 

4. -- jeune homme est mon frere. 

5. Donnez-moi un autre crayon; j’ai perdu-que 

vous m’avez donne hier. 

6. -maisons-14 sont plus hautes que-ci. 

7. -qui sont entres sont mes amis. 

8. Je parle de mon chapeau et de-de mon frere. 

9. Clemenceau et Foch sont tous deux celebres; - 

est general et-est homme d’etat. 

10. -enfant-ci est aussi jolie que-14. 

B. Traduire en frangais: 

1. These gloves and those. 

2. That man and this one. 

3. This ink and that. 

4. His pen and his brother’s. 

5. Her pencil and her friend’s. 

6. My room and my brother’s. 

7. My hats and Mary’s. 

8. Our watches and John’s. 

9. He, who is here, is my brother. 

10. She, whom you see, is his daughter. 

11. Those who steal are thieves. 

12. He, of whom you are talking, is my uncle. 

13. Do you think this chain is longer than that one? 

14. Although that house is higher than this one, it is not 
so beautiful. 

15. I am unable to do that this week. 

16. He is the most intelligent boy in the class. 

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Examination Questions 

Translate into French: (a) This is pretty. (6) Can 
you do that ? ( c ) That was my mother, (d) It is I. (e) It 

is they. (/) Those books are good, this one is better, (g) 
Here are your flowers and your sister’s. ( h ) He who is 
content is happy, (i) The former and the latter. 


INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS 


People (who, whom) 
Subject qui 

Object qui 

Object of prep . qui 

Which (one) 

lequel 

laquelle 


Things (what) 
qu’est-ce qui 
que or qu’est-ce que 
quoi 

Which (ones) 
lesquels 
lesquelles 


A. Remplacer les tirets par les formes convenables du 
pronom interrogate: 

1. -avez-vous vu? 

2. -vous avez vu? 

3. A-pensez-vous? 

4. De-parlez-vous? 

5. -de ces plumes est la votre? 

6 . - de ces hommes parlez-vous? 

7. -de ces dames pensez-vous? 

8. -vous fait rire? 

9. -y a-t-il? 

10. -est tombe? 

11. A-est ce livre? 


Traduire en frangais: 

B 1. Who has fallen? 


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2. What has fallen? 

3. What’s the matter with you? 

4. Whom did you see in Paris? 

6. Which of these men is your father? 

6. Which man is your father? 

7. Of which woman were you talking ? 

8. Of which one of the women were you talking? 

9. With which pencil did you write? 

10. With which one of the pencils did you write ? 

11. Who gave that to you? 

12. Whom are you talking about? 

13. Who has arrived ? 

14. What has happened? 

15. What a beautiful picture! 

16. Which books did you read? 

17. Which one of the girls fell? 

18. Whose gloves are these? 

C. 1. What is that large building on the other side of the 
street? 

2. What did you tell her? 

3. To which of those girls did you speak? 

4. Which of those gentlemen is the one who was at your 
house? 

5. Whom have you seen? 

6. What have you seen? 

7. Of what are you thinking? 

8. What will you tell them when they come? 

9. Who wants us to go out? 

10. Here are two pens; which one did you lose ? 

Examination Questions 

1. Translate into French: Who is that? What is that? 
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are you speaking? What is your name? What city is 
that? 

2. Give the forms and the meanings of the interrogative 
pronouns and adjectives. 

RELATIVE PRONOUNS 

What (as a relative pronoun) 

Subject qui ce qui 

Object que ce que 

*Obj. of prep . qui (people) quoi 

lequel, etc. (things) 

♦Whenever the preposition is of, use dont (whose, of whom, 
of which). 

A. Remplacer les tirets par les formes convenables du pro- 
nom relatif: 

1. La maison-a une belle fagade. 

2. L’ami-nous avons rencontre. 

3. Voila le gargon-je parlais. 

4. La tante chez-nous demeurons. 

5. Voila le gargon-j’ai trouve le chapeau. 

6. J’ai un ami-a une belle plume, avec-il a 

ecrit une composition-il est tres her. 

7. Donnez-moi de-ecrire. 

8. Voila la dame-je connais le fils. 

9. Savez-vous-est arrive? 

10. Dites-moi-vous avez etudie pour aujourd’hui. 

11 . J’ai vu tout-vous possedez. 

12. Tout-se trouve dans ce tiroir est a moi. 

13. Le livre-j *ai besoin est sur votre table. 















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14. La ville dans-il arrive est jolie. 

15. La maison-on voit le toit est la sienne. 

16. Le livre-trouva l’eleve. 

Traduire en francais: 

B. 1. The pen which I found. 

2. The pen which is on the table. 

3. The pen with which I wrote. 

4. The pen of which I spoke. 

5. The man who is here. 

6. The man whom I met. 

7. The man whose hat I found. 

8. The man to whom I spoke. 

9. Tell me what you saw. 

10. Do you know what is in this room? 

11. The boy whose father I know. 

C. 1. Those cruel beasts which you see are lions. 

2. It was he who told me that. 

3. We have not yet received what we have been prom¬ 
ised. 

4. Did you see what he had ? 

5. He is the only friend that I have. 

6. I saw him, who was with you, the day before yes¬ 
terday. 

7. She whom we have just met is his sister. 

8. Here is the man of whom you were speaking. 

9. The village in which he lives is situated on a little hill. 

10. He lost everything he had. 

11. I have forgotten what I am looking for. 

Examination Questions 

1. Remplacer le tiret par le pronom relatif convenable: 
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son fr&re. (c) La bourse-il vola le contenu. ( d ) La 

bourse dans-il y avait de l’or. ( e ) L’endroit-Jean 

a trouve la bourse. 

2. Le jeune gargon avec-je vais k l’ecole, possede 

un canif,-a une lame (blade) tres aigue, avec-il 

s’est sou vent coupe au doigt. 

3. Remplacer le tiret par le pronom convenable: (a)' 

A-est ce chapeau? (b) Avez-vous de-vivre? (c) 

Voici les livres-je vous parlais. (d) Dites-moi-que 

vous en pensez. (e) Voila la maison-il demeure. 

4. State the uses of qui, que, quoi, as relative pronouns. 

EXERCISES ON PRONOUNS 

A. Remplacer les tirets par des mots frangais qui expri- 

ment le mot , “ What ” en anglais: 

1. -se trouve dans cette boite-la? 

2. Je ne sais pas-s’y trouve. 

3. -me plait, ne plait pas k tout le monde. 

4. -jolinom! 

5. -font-ils ici k cette heure? 

6. -! vous avez oublie d’ecrire la lettre! 

7. Sait-il-nous allons faire? 

8. -voyez-vous? 

9. -vous voyez? 

10. -j’ai besoin, c’est une bonne plume. 

B. Remplacer les mots en italique par des pronoms: 

1. Marie a envoye la lettre a Jean. 

2. Il pense aux dangers. 

3. Donnerez-vous des gateaux a ces enfants? 

4. Je ne parlais pas de ces hommes. 

5. Nous avons achete un parapluie. 


















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6. Ces dames vont montrer leurs robes a leurs amies. 

7. N’allez pas en Europe cet ete. 

Examination Questions 

Remplacer le tiret par le pronom convenable: 

1. (a) Oui a dit --- ? ( b ) Que vent dire-? (c)- 

de ces deux livres voulez-vous ? ( d) -- de plus precieux 

que l’or? ( e )-est plus precieux que l’or? 

2. (a)-avez-vous cherche? (6) La grammaire- 

se trouve la est a moi. (c) -de ces grammaires est la 

votre? (d)-voulez-vous faire maintenant? (e) Chez 

-demeurez-vous a present ? 

3. (a) -qui n’etudie pas sa legon, n’aura pas une 

bonne note. (6) Napoleon premier et Abraham Lincoln 

etaient de grands hommes;-etait Americain,- 

Frangais. (c) Dans-de ces deux maisons demeure-t-il ? 

(d) J’ai entendu--vous avez dit. (e) Le cheval- 

vous avez donne de l’eau est-de Jean. (/) Voici la 

maitresse-les el&ves sont attentifs. (g) Ou est l’argent 

-vous me devez? (h) Voici l’affaire-m’afflige. (i) 

-vous afflige? 

4. (a) Mon pere nous a donne deux belles p£ches; 

-preferez-vous? ( b ) Voici l’affaire-il s’agit. (c) 

Voici la dame du mari de-je vous ai parle. (d) - 

vous avez achete? ( e )-n’est venu. ( f ) II n’a pas de- 

manger, (g)-qui parle tout le temps, merite d’etre 

puni. (h) Dites-moi-vous allez faire aujourd’hui, 

(i) -est cet Edifice? 

5. Supply the word meaning that in each of the 
following sentences: 

(a) II demeure dans-maison. (6) II dit- 

l’histoire est vraie. (c) Voil& une chose-j’aime. (d) 

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6. Remplacer le tiret par un pronom convenable et 
mettre les phrases au passe indefini: 

(a) Elle lit sa lettre et-de sa soeur. ( b )- 

les comprend. (c) -vous fait dire cela? (d) Je voyais 

-vous faisiez. (e) A-parliez-vous? 

Traduire enfrangais les phrases suivantes: 

7. (a) I know what amuses you. ( b ) Have you given 
them to her? (c) Give it to me. (d) That man has lost his 
money and that of his wife, (e) Whom have you seen? No 
one. (/) What do you see? Nothing, (g) Which one of 
these young girls is your sister? 

8. (a) Those who steal are thieves. ( b ) I do not know 
what I am doing, (c) What fell? ( d ) Do not pick those 
flowers. 0) I had to do it. (/) When did he die? (g) How 
much did you pay for it? Qt) What are you laughing at? 
(i, j) I should not have given it to you if I had not wanted 
to. 

9. (a) Which book is yours? (b) Which of the books 
have you read? (c) The book which John was reading is 
lost, (d) The book which is on the- table is Marie’s, (e) 
That is the man that said that. ( f ) What is that? (g) 
What does that mean? ( h ) I do not know what he thinks. 
(i) What fell? (j) Of what are you speaking? 

10. (a) Whom did you see yesterday ? The man whom 
I saw is my friend. ( b ) Of what are you speaking? Of 
those things of which my friend spoke to me. (c) The 
book that belonged to the girl was sent to the house in 
which she lived, (d) Which one of the children did you like 
best ? The one to whom I gave some flowers. 

11. (a) Give it to me. (b) Do not give it to her. (c) 
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them, (e) Of whom are you speaking? (/) Whom are 
you thinking of? (g) What do you think of him? ( h ) 
The man of whom I am speaking is ill. (• i ) Whose book is 
that? (j) That book is mine and this one is yours. 

12. (a) What fell just now? Nothing. (6) Whom did 
you see? No one. ( c ) What pleases me does not please 
everybody. ( d ) Do you know what it is? I do not. 
(e) Don’t give them all to her, give us some. 

13. (a) What is that? ( b ) Give it to her. (c) He 
gave them to you. (< d ) Do not give it to us. ( e ) What 
does that mean? (/) Are you thinking of us? (g) Give 
me some red apples. 

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES 

“If” Clause: Result Clause: 

Present Indicative Future 

Imperfect Conditional 

Pluperfect Past conditional 

Completer les phrases suivantes: 

Si j’avais beaucoup d’argent- 

S’il etait reste a Paris- 

Si Jean ne vient pas- 

Je lui donnerai le livre si- 

II aurait reussi si- 

Nous nous serious promenes si- 

Vous seriez-vous fache si-? 

Si l’on ne mange pas- 

Si Jean etait plus riche- 

Si je l’avais su- 


1 . 

2 . 

3. 

4. 

5. 

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7. 

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B. Mettre les formes convenables des verbes entre paren¬ 

theses: 

1. Si je (pouvoir) le faire, je le (faire). 

2. S’il (avoir) besoin de ce livre, il 1’ (acheter). 

3. Si je (trouver) ma grammaire, je m’en (servir). 

4. Si nous le (voir), nous le lui (dire). 

5. Si elle le (savoir), elle ne (venir) pas. 

6. Si je (recevoir) sa lettre, j’y (repondre). 

7. S’il (pleuvoir), nous ne (sortir) pas. 

8. Je (etre) content, s’il (venir). 

9. Nous (partir) s’il (faire) moins froid. 

Traduire en frangais: 

C. 1. If I see him, I shall run. 

2. If I saw him, I should run. 

3. If I had seen him, I should have run. 

4. If he comes, I shall remain here. 

5. If he came, I should remain here. 

6. If he had come, I should have remained here. 

7. If you will give us some bread, we shall pay you for it. 

8. Would you show it to me if I asked you? 

9. If there were more books in this library, we should 
be content. 

10. She would have seen them, if she had come early. 

11. If he hadn’t any money, he wouldn’t travel. 

12. If he had some good books, he would stay at home. 

Examination Questions 

1. Completer les phrases suivantes: (a) Je serais tres 

content de vous voir, si-* • (&) S’il avait fait froid, 

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2. Traduire en frangais: (a) If you do it, you will 
regret it. ( b ) If he were here, he would do it. (c) If they 
had been ill, they would have gone home. 

THE SUBJUNCTIVE 

1. The subjunctive is used in the dependent clause if 
the main clause contains: 

(a) An expression of wishing, etc. 

(b) An expression of emotion. 

(c) An expression of doubt. 

{d) An expression of necessity or possibility. 

(e) An indefinite antecedent. 

(/) An antecedent modified by a superlative. 

(g) A negative or interrogative expression of thinking 
or believing. 

2. The subjunctive is also used after certain conjunc¬ 
tions. 

A. Mettre les formes convenables des verbes entre 
parentheses: 

1. II est important qu’il y (aller). 

2. II me semble qu’il (mentir). 

3. II semble que vous (partir) a huit heures. 

4. II se peut qu’il (ecrire) la lettre cette apres-midi. 

5. Je ne crois pas qu’elle (etre) deja partie. 

6. Nous defendons que vous le lui (dire). 

7. Je voulais qu’il m’ (envoyer) l’argent. 

8. Je doute qu’il (pouvoir) le faire. 

9. J’ordonne qu’il ne (boire) jamais de vin. 

10. II ordonna que nous (rester) ici. 

11. Je crains qu’il n’ (avoir) deja (ouvrir) la lettre. 

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13. J’ai trouve un homme qui (courir) plus vite que 
vous. 

14. C’est Thomme le plus avare que je (connaitre). 

15. Quoiqu’il (etre) riche, il n’est pas heureux. 

16. Quoi que vous (faire), (faire)-le bien. 

17. Je vous enverrai l’argent pour que vous (acheter) 
la maison. 

18. A moins qu’il ne nous (lire) la lettre qu’il a (recevoir), 
nous nous facherons. 

19. II etait temps que vous (se coucher). 

20. Je lui donnai le livre, avant qu’il (sortir). 

B. Traduire en frangais: 

1. He wants us to study. 

2. He wants to study. 

3. Unless he comes immediately, he will not see the 
paintings. 

4. It seems to me that he will live. 

5. It seems that he has succeeded. 

6. Although he hasn’t many friends, he is happy. 

7. I shall prevent his going out. 

8. I don’t think I can do it to-day. 

9. Must we return it to him immediately? 

10. I shall lend him some money in order that he go to 
Canada next summer. 

11. I regret that she has gone. 

12. I am looking for a boy who has finished his lesson. 

13. I have found a boy who has finished his lesson. 

14. I am very glad that he has succeeded. 

15. Has he a single friend who is faithful? 

16. It is possible that you are right; but I think you are 
wrong. 

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Examination Questions 

1. Mettre la forme convenable du verbe entre paren¬ 
theses : (a) II faut que tu (alter) a l’6cole. ( b ) Ils voulaient 
que nous (rester) chez eux. (c) II se peut que vous (avoir) 
raison, (d) Je regrette que vous (etre) malade. (e) Je crains 
qu’il ne (pleuvoir). (f) J’irai en ville, amoins qu’il ne (faire) 
mauvais temps, (g) Venez me voir avant que nous (quitter) 
Paris, (k) Qui que tu (etre) voici ton maitre. 

2. Mettre dans chaque phrase qui suit le mot qui 
manque pour en completer le sens: (a) Je ne crois pas 

qu’il s’en-ce matin, (b) Prenez votre parapluie, je 

crains qu’il ne-. (c) Ils sont partis-je les aie 

vus. (d) Je n’ai pas d’amis qui me-fideles. (e) 

II faut que je sorte, quoiqu’il-froid. 

3. Completer les phrases suivantes en remplagant l’in- 
finitif entre parentheses par la forme convenable du verbe: 
(a) Je veux que votre frere (alter) chez moi. (b) Ils 
croyaient que la legon (etre) difficile, (c) II ne faut pas 
que nous y (toucher), (d) II est possible que nos amis 
(etre) partis, (e) Desirez-vous que je (faire) cela? (f) 
Elle etait contente que nous (travailler ). 

4. Traduire en frangais: (a) He is looking for a house 
that pleases him. (b) He has found a house that pleases 
him. 

5. Ecrire en frangais de petites phrases qui indiquent 
l’emploi du subjonctif apres (a) regretter, (b) avoir peur, 
(c) bien que, (d) il faut, (e) le plus riche. 

6. Mention four classes of verbs and two conjunctions 
that are followed by the subjunctive. Illustrate by French 
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junctive. Write an original French sentence illustrating 
the subjunctive following each class mentioned. 

8. Mention five different uses of the subjunctive and 
illustrate each by a French sentence. 

9. Write five French sentences illustrating five differ¬ 
ent uses of the subjunctive and translate these sentences 
into English. 

10. Put in the proper mode and tense each of the ital¬ 
icized infinitives in the following: (a) Pretez-moi un canif 
dont je pouvoir me servir. ( b ) Croyez-vous que votre 
cousin revcnir aujourd’hui? (c) II faut qu’elle revenir. 
(d) Fallait-il que vous 1 efaire? (e) II n’y avait que vous 
qui pouvoir les accompagner. (/) Je crois que votre 
pere le savoir, (g) Ne demande-t-il pas que vous les 
refcirc? (h) Je veux qu’il venir avec vous. (i) Souffrez 
que j ’y aller. (j ) Permettez-moi de le faire. 

11. Complete the following sentences: 

id) II pense que je-. 

(b) II faut que je-. 

(< c ) Je crois qu’il-. 

(d) Je ne crois pas qu’il-. 

(e) Je veux que vous-. 

(/) J’irai chez lui quand je-. 

(g) J’irai chez lui avant que-. 

VERBS 

Examination Questions 

A. Principal parts: 

1. Give the present and past participles of rire, ab - 
soudre , soujfrir, savoir, mourir. 

2. Write the principal parts of naitre, mourir , pouvoir , 

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3. Luire, pourvoir, vaincre, pleuvoir, naitre. 

4. Battre, devoir, / 2 V 0 , saillir, suffire. 

5. Acquerir, construire, joindre, sortir, taire. 

6. Donner les temps primitifs des verbes suivants: 
Comprendre, conduire , naitre, s'en alter, mentir. 

7. S’en a/Zer, femr, mourir, pouvoir, acquerir . 

8. Craindre, tenir, vivre , croire, pouvoir. 

9. Venir, pouvoir, partir. 

10. Dormir, faillir, faire, vouloir, sentir. 

11. Croire, devoir, savoir, se repentir, voir. 

12. Naitre, s'asseoir, mourir, peindre, vivre. 

13. Vouloir, faire, craindre, ojfrir, arranger. 

14. Fasse, comprendre, plaire, vivaient, croient. 

15. Few#, revoir. 

B. Other verb questions: 

1. Give the principal parts of recevoir, craindre, 
couvrir. Conjugate zwV and wVe in the present indicative 
and the preterit (past definite); s'appeler in the future and 
the preterit (past definite). 

2. Give the principal parts of boire, ecrire, pouvoir, 
and plaindre. Conjugate each of these verbs in the pres¬ 
ent indicative and in the imperfect subjunctive. 

3. Write the principal parts of savoir, plaindre, naitre, 
mourir, vaincre ; give the first person singular of all the 
simple tenses of these verbs. 

4. Write the principal parts of voir, tenir, vivre, valoir. 
Conjugate each verb mentioned in the present indicative 
active. 

5. Donner les temps primitifs et aussi la premiere per- 
sonne du singulier du futur et du subjonctif present de 
cinq des verbes suivants: pouvoir, tenir, battre, batir, 
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6. Give the principal parts of voir, decrire, vouloir, 
and craindre. Conjugate each of these verbs in the present 
indicative and in the imperfect subjunctive. 

7. Write the third singular and the first plural present 
indicative of (a) hair, recevoir, prendre, mouvoir, ecrire, 

( b ) five principal parts of paraitre, coudre, plaire, naitre, 
ofifrir , trn, (c) the past indefinite negative interrogative 
of s'en alter. 

8. Give five principal parts and the third singular, 
present subjunctive of produire, falloir, valoir, vouloir, 
pouvoir, lire. Give the person, n'umber, tense, mode, the 
infinitive and the meaning of dites, fisse, joignes, sers. 

9. Give the present subjunctive of mourir; the present 
indicative active of contraindre; the past indefinite of 
s'en alter ; the pluperfect indicative interrogative of s'en 
apercevoir ; the past participle of joindre, boire, rire, plaire, 
naitre, vouloir. 

10. Ecrivez (a) les temps primitifs de s'asseoir, naitre, 
(i b ) le present de l’indicatif actif et le passe defini de voir, 
vivre, ( c ) le passe indefini de se flatter. 

11. Repondez a a, b, c, et a: 

(a) Donnez les temps primitifs de vivre. 

(b) Conjuguez s'en aller a l’imperatif. 

(c) Donnez le participe present des verbes avoir, 
savoir, faire. 

(d) Donnez le participe passe des verbes devoir , 
prendre. 

12. Write the first person singular of all the tenses of 
the indicative active of courir. Give in each case the 
name of the tense. 

13. Conjugate s'en aller in the present indicative, past 
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14. Write the third person singular and the second 
person plural of each of the simple (uncompounded) tenses 
of the indicative and subjunctive of se placer. 

15. Ecrire k la troisieme personne singulier du futur 
menait, jut, jit, voulait, jallait. 

16. Write the first person plural imperfect indicative 
active and the third person singular imperfect subjunctive 
active of convaincre, permettre, lire, croire, hattre, percevoir. 

17. Write (a) the present participle and the past par¬ 
ticiple of avoir, choisir, craindre, deranger, devoir, (b) the 
third singular future indicative of etre, jaire, vouloir, savoir, 
courir, (c) the third plural present indicative and the third 
singular present and imperfect subjunctive of pouvoir, 
aller, savoir, se jaire, etre, venu. 

18. Ecrire a toutes les personnes: jaire k l’imperatif (5 
formes), dire au present de l’indicatif et au passe defini 
(12 formes), vouloir et savoir au present du subjonetif 
(12 formes), s'endormir au passe indefini (6 formes), s'en 
aller k l’imperatif (5 formes). 

19. Employer a la deuxieme personne du pluriel, aux 
temps indiques, les verbes suivants, en les mettant dans des 
phrases completes: (a) envoyer au futur, (b) dire a l’impe- 
ratif, (c) savoir au present du subjonctif, id) partir au 
passe indefini, ( e) voir a l’imparfait du subjonctif. 

20. Mettre dans cinq seulement des phrases suivantes ( 
la forme necessaire du verbe frangais, l’infinitif duquel se 
trouve en parentheses: 

(a) (s'en aller) : Je-de bonne heure le soir. 

(b) (courir): Tu ne me rattraperas pas; je-de 

toute ma vitesse. 

(c) (se mourir): A moi! a moi! je-- 

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(e) (plaindre ): Je vous-a present, mon ami. 

(/) (connaitre ); -vous cet homme? 

(g) ( plaire ):-il? 

21. Ecrire aux temps indiques cinq des phrases suivantes: 

(a) au passe indefini: Nous revenons chercher nos livres, 

(b ) au futur: II se promena, (c) au present de Vindicatif: 
Vous lui avez dit de se taire, ( d ) au present du conditionnel: 
J’ai cueilli beaucoup de fleurs, (e) h Vimparfaitde Vindica¬ 
te/: Ont-ils ecrit une lettre? (/) au passe defini: Tu liras 
ta legon deux fois, (g) au plus-que-parfait: Elle se lava la 
figure. 

22. Ecrire aux temps indiques quatre des phrases sui- 
vantes: (a) au plus-que-parfait de Vindicatif: Elle nettoie 
les escaliers, ( b ) au present de Vindicatif: Nous n’avons pas 
bien dormi, (c) au futur passe: II les achete pour ma mere, 

(d) au passe du conditionnel: Vous devez etudier, (<?) 
au passe indefini: Elies moururent lundi dernier. 

23. Ecrire aux temps indiques cinq seulement des 
phrases suivantes : (a) au plus-que-parfait de l indicatif: 
Elies ne s’asseyent pas tout de suite, ( b) a Vimparfait de 
Vindicatif: Je sais tout cela, (c) au present de Vindicatif: 
Avez-vous fait cette robe? ( d ) au futur: Ma soeur peut 
finir le gateau, (e) au futur anterieur: Ouvrez-vous la 
porte? (/) au passe indefini: Marie part sans son frere, 
(g) au present du subjonctif: II s’appelait Louis. 

24. Copier quatre des phrases suivantes en y mettant 
la forme convenable des verbes entre parentheses: (a) 
II faut que mon frere (jeter) cette lettre k la boite, ( b ) 
Est-il le seul homme que vous (connaitre)? (c) Quand 
vous (savoir) votre legon, vous pourrez venir me la 
reciter, (d) Apres (regarder) les photographies, il est sorti, 

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25. Write a synopsis (simple and compound tenses) of 
couvrir and naitre in the third singular, all modes. Give 
the principal parts of valoir , s'en alter, vaincre, manger. 

26. Ecrire l’infinitif de transmis, pent, cree, sort , protege, 
redevient. 

27. State the changes that take place in the stems of the 
following in conjugation: mener, jeter, manger, placer , 
payer. 

28. Ecrire & la troisieme personne du singulier du present 
de l’indicatif: morts, demit, achetaient, savait, venait , vit, 
voulait, apcrgut, s'endormit, disparut. 

29. Ecrire cinq phrases originales qui contiennent (a) 
le futur de venait, vit, voulait (—trois phrases), ( b ) le passe 
defini de venait, s’endormit (—deux phrases). 

30. Donner les formes indiquees: (a) les temps primi- 
tifs de voir, vivre, mourir, ( b ) tout le present du subjonctif 
de venir, vouloir, croire, (c) tout le futur de cueillir, savoir , 
apercevoir, ( d ) tout l’imperatif de s'en alter. 

THE PREPOSITION 

Traduire en frangais: 

A 

1. He succeeded in opening the steel box. 

2. That is difficult to understand. 

3. Was she bom in Canada? 

4. Everything is dear in London. 

6 . He invited me to visit him often. 

6. His mother taught him to read. 

7. I have a composition to write. 

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9. He often disobeys his father. 

10. He wants me to answer his letter. 

11. Do you think that that is easy to do? 

12. It seems to us that you do not like to play ball. 

13. I learned to skate when I was young. 

14. Do not go to Paris in the summer. 

15. Who bought these coffee-cups, these tea-cups and 
these wine-glasses? 

De 

1. It has not yet stopped raining. 

2. We shall try to send her pretty gifts from Paris. 

3. It is difficult to understand that. (See A 2 ). 

4. Do they come from Canada ? 

5. I told them to go there. 

6 . I thank you for your kindness. 

7. If he will ask me to write a composition, I shall need 
your pen. 

8 . Don’t be afraid to tell it to me. 

9. Mr. S. is the most famous man in this city. 

10. I don’t think it is easy to do that. (See An.) 

11. He plays the violin. (See A 12 .) 

12. He has just left. 

13. She was glad to see us. 

14. Will you have a cup of tea or a cup of coffee? We 
are forbidden to take a glass of wine. (See A 15 .) 

15. He is two years older than I. 

Prepositions Diverses 

1. He drank the milk from a glass. 

2. There are many monkeys in South America. 

3. While reading the novel I fell asleep. 

4. Don’t take the chalk from the box. 


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5. They will go to Spain. 

6 . Why are you looking out of the window ? 

7. How long have you been studying French? 

0 . I have been studying it for two years. 

9. Have you any money about you ? 

10. How long did you stay at their house ? 

11. I fear he will set out before us. 

12. There are many mountains in North America. 

13. I did it without thinking. 

14. After returning she went to bed. 

Examination Questions 

1. Remplacer les tirets par les prepositions convena- 

bles: (a) La boite est pleine-crayons. ( 6 ) II est alle 

-Paris- 1876 . (c) Cet homme demeurait- 

Canada, (d) Ils voulaient rester-Espagne. (e) Elle 

est entree-parlant. 

2. (a) II est arrive aujourd’hui-Paris apres etre 

reste quelques jours-Angleterre. ( 6 ) Elle n’est pas 

nee-Canada, mais au contraire-l’Amerique du 

Sud. (c) II a pris son canif-sa poche (d) Nous avons 

casse une tasse-cafe. 

3. (a) J’aime-lire les romans. ( b ) II est dif¬ 
ficile*-savoir cela. (c) Cela est difficile-savoir. 

(d) Nous 6 tudions-apprendre. (e) Elle est tombee 

-courant. 

4. (a) Est-il facile-£tre heureux? ( b ) Elle a be- 

soin-vous voir, (c) Je bois-un verre. (< d) Ils 

viennent-partir. ( e) Ils vont-Espagne. 

5. (a) Jeviens-arriver-Paris. ( b ) Mon train 

n’est pas arrive-l’heure; il. £tait-retard, (c) 

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6 . (a) II arrivera-deux heures et demie. ( 6 ) 

Je ne veux pas me mettre-route. ( c ) II arrive- 

nous. ( d ) II ferait tout au monde-vous. (e) Met- 

tez ma grammaire-le pupitre. (/) II demeure — 

Londres. (g) Mon frere jouait-violon. (h) Mes 

soeurs jouaient-cartes, (i) Je le cherche-une 

demi-heure. (;) Je bois un verre-lait. 

7. Write and translate original French sentences 
illustrating the use of each of the following prepositions: 
sur , au-dessus de, par , & travers , anprks de. 

8. Suppleer les prepositions qui manquent: (a) II a 

reussi-acheter ce portrait. ( b ) II lui a dit-aller 

-Paris, (c) — parlant on apprend-parler. 

9. (a) Je suis pret-commencer. ( 6 ) J’ecris 

quelque chose-le tableau, (c) Je suis ici trois 

jours, (d) J’y suis reste-deux heures. (e) II vient 

-Paris. (J) II est-Monsieur Ribot. 


















A. 


SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS, ETC. 
Dormer des synonymes de: 


1 . craindre, opinion, commencer, puissant, cher, 
obscur, sot, ltiche, joie, stir. 

2 . effroyable, conte, salle, ravi, entretien, visage, 
feindre, s’etonner, instruit, d’ailleurs. 

3. las, se souvenir de, tacher, habitude, da vantage, 
vif, vilain, naif, mauvais, sauvage. 

4. pale, unique, envie, drtile, danger, fin, mot, dessein, 
orgueil, songer. 

5. preferer, se facher, neuf, montrer, habit, complet, 
misere, propre, severe, aveugle. 

6. celebre, achever, occupe, apercevoir, demeurer, 
tout a coup, sur-le-champ, reve, repliquer, avoir l’air. 

7. se presser, content, lieu, grave, triste, placer, 
bateau, rue, maison, colline. 


B. Dormer les contraires de: 

1 . s’amuser, heureux, liberte, timide, sec, vivre, joie, 
debout, long, vide. 

2 . epais, large, haut, cher, adroit, sur, dessus, au- 
dessus de, sain, gros. 

3. & gauche, en avant, doux, tard, en retard, de loin, 
fidele, patient, utile, naturel. 

4. la paix, tres peu, vrai, bon, meilleur, bien, mieux, 
dans, dedans, avoir raison. 

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5. t 6 t, en avance, partout, a haute voix, mensonge, 
egal, apres, derriere, rien, souvent. 

6 . lent, lentement, frequent, vieux, fort, dur, leger, 
naif, c lair, blond. 

7 . propre, sage, haine, paresseux, agreable, honnete, 
ennuyeux, fier, s’eloigner de, s’en aller. 

8 . achever, perdre, oublier, avant de parler, avant de 
s’asseoir, avant de venir, allumer, preter, vite, riche. 

C. Write sentences to show the difference between the 
words in each of the following groups: 

1 . de bonne heure, a la bonne heure, a l’heure, tout a 
l’heure. 

2 . la lecture, la conference. 

3 . la cour, le cours, la course. 

4. sur, dessus, au-dessus de, par-dessus. 

5 . sous, dessous, au-dessous de. 

6 . plus, davantage. 

7 . plus tot, plutbt. 

8 . quoique, quoi que. 

9 . avant, avant de, avant que, auparavant, devant, 
au-devant de. 

10 . l’appointement, le rendez-vous. 

11 . l’editeur, le redacteur. 

12 . introduire, presenter. 

13. la peine, la douleur. 

14. les cheveux, le poil. 

15. assister, aider. 

16. la faute, le defaut. 

17. la librairie, la bibliotheque. 

' 18. la rente, le loyer. 

19. le temps, l’heure, la fois. 


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20. succeder, reussir. 

21. se dresser, s’habiller. 

22. la chance, le hasard. 

23. la bouche, la gueule. 

24. la monnaie, l’argent. 

25. la cave, la caveme. 

26. l’annonce, ravertissement. 

27. le laboureur, l’ouvrier, le travailleur. 

28. le fleuve, la riviere. 

29. tard, en retard. 

30. la confiance, la confidence. 

31. plus de, plus que. 

32. moins de, moins que. 

DERIVATIONS 

A. Dormer un verbe, un adverbe et un substantif derives 
de chacun des mots suivants: 

1. libre, sec, vif, chaud, froid. 

2. doux, orgueilleux, utile, egal, frequent. 

3. fort, faible, dur, mou, fou. 

4. leger, lourd, clair, triste, tranquille. 

5. simple, riche, pauvre, obscur, habituel. 

6. lent, laid, beau, gai, hardi. 

7. timide, facile, different, blanc, joyeux. 

8. vrai, faux, nouveau, jeune, courageux. 

9. paisible, vieux, cofiteux, profond, parfait. 


IDIOMS 


ALLER 

1. Comment allez-vous ? How are you? 

2. Irez-vous au-devant de ma tante? Will you go to 
meet my aunt? 

3. II y va de sa vie (de ses jours). His life is at stake. 

4. Est-ce que ce chapeau me va bien? Does this hat 
become me? 


AVOIR 


1. Avoir faim, avoir soif, avoir chaud, avoir froid, 
avoir peur, avoir honte, avoir raison, avoir tort, avoir 
envie de, avoir besoin de, avoir l’air de, avoir l’intentioa 
de (II a l’intention de partir a neuf heures), avoir sommeil. 

2. Avoir lieu—Le mariage aura lieu demain. The 
marriage will take place tomorrow. 

3. Avoir beau—Vous avez beau leur ecrire; ils ne vous 
repondront pas. It is useless for you to write them; they 
will not answer you. 

4. Avoir mal a—J’ai mal aux dents. I have a tooth¬ 
ache. 

DEVOIR 

1. II doit 6tre fatigue. He must be tired. 

2. II a dft 6tre fatigue. He must have been tired. 

3. II doit chanter ce soir. He is to sing this evening. 

4. II devait chanter. He was to sing. 

5. Vous devriez le faire. You ought to do it. 

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6. Vous auriez du le faire. You ought to have done it. 

7. J’ai du le faire. I had to do it. 

ETRE 

1. Cela m’est egal. It's all the same to me. 

2. J’y suis. I have it. (/ understand it.) 

3. II en est de meme des Etats-Unis. It is the same 
with the United States. 

4. II etait en train d’ecrire une lettre. He was busy 
writing a letter. 

5. Ce livre est a mon frere. This book belongs to my 
brother. 

6. Nous en sommes a la page quarante. We have got 
to page 40. 

FAIRE 

1. Quel temps fait-il? II fait beau, froid, frais, du 
vent, chaud. 

2. II se fait tard. It is getting late. 

3. Cela ne fait rien. That is nothing. 

4. II fait de son mieux. (II fait son possible.) He is 
doing his best. 

5. se faire mal a—Je me suis fait mal a la tete. I 
hurt my head. 

6. faire venir (faire appeler, envoyer chercher)— 
Faites venir le medecin. Send jor the doctor. 

7. faire voir—Faites-moi voir votre livre. Show me 
your book. 

8. faire savoir—Faites-moi savoir ce qui se passe. 
Let m 2 know what is going on. 

9. faire faire—II a fait faire un habit. He had a coat 
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10. G en est fait de lui. It's all up with him. 

11. faire cas de Ils font cas de leur ami. They esteem 
their friend. 

12. se faire a—II se fera a cette vie. He will get used to 
this life. 

13. faire peur a—Ne faites pas peur a cet enfant. 
Don't frighten this child. 

14. faire le mort—II fait le mort. He feigns death. 

15. faire la sourde oreille—J’ai beau me plaindre; il 
fait la sourde oreille. I complain in vain; he lends a 
deaf ear. 

16. Cela me fait de la peine. That grieves me. 

17. faire un voyage— to take a trip. 

18. faire une malle— to pack a trunk. 

19. faire une promenade— to take a walk. 

20. II fait semblant de dormir. He makes believe he is 
sleeping. 


METTRE 

1. se mettre a—Elle s’est mise h pleurer. She began 
to cry. 

2 . se mettre en colere (se facher)—II s’est mis en colere. 
He got angry. 

3. se mettre en route—A quelle heure vous mettrez- 
vous en route? At what time will you set outf 

PRENDRE 

1. Prenez garde de tomber. Take care you don't fall. 

2. s’y prendre—Vous vous y prenez bien. You go 
about it well. 

3. se prendre k —Ils se sont pris a 6 tudier. They 
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4. prendre un parti—J’ai pris un parti. I have made 
up my mind. 

5. prendre part a—II prend part a la politique. He 
takes part in politics. 

6 . prendre quelqu’un sur le fait—Je l’ai pris sur le 
fait. I caught him in the act. 

VENIR 

1. venir de—II venait d’arriver. He had just arrived. 

2. venir a—II vint a tomber. He happened to fall. 

3. II vient a bout de tout. He succeeds in everything. 

VOULOIR 

1. en vouloir a—Pourquoi en voulez-vous a mon 
frere ? Why have you a grudge against my brother? 

2. vouloir bien. II voulait bien m’accompagner. He 
was willing to accompany me. 

3. Je voudrais bien le voir. I should like to see him 

Miscellaneous Idioms 

1. se passer de—Je me passerai de votre amitie. I 
will do without your friendship. But, II a passe un mois en 
France. He spent a month in France. 

2 . se servir de—II se sert du livre. He uses the book. 
But, Ce gargon nous sert bien. This waiter serves us well. 

3. s’agir de—De quoi s’agit-il? What is it all about? 
But, II a agi en prince. He acted in a princely manner. 

4. se moquer de—Ne vous moquez pas de lui. Don't 
make fun of him. 

5. s’approcher de—Je me suis approche de lui. 1 
approached him. 

6 . se souvenir de—Je m’en souviens. I remember it. 
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7. s'attendre a—II s’attend a me voir. He expects to 
see me. But II attend son ami. He is waiting for his 
friend. 

8 . se fier a—Je me fie k vous. I trust you. 

9. penser a—A quoi pensez-vous. What are you think¬ 
ing off 

10. penser de—Que pensez-vous de lui? What do you 
think of him? 

11. N ’en pouvoir plus—Je n’en peux plus. I am 
entirely exhausted. 

12 . falloir—II me faut un livre. I need a hook. 

13. II parle comme il faut. He speaks properly. 

14. se plaindre de—De quoi vous plaignez-vous? Of 
what are you complaining? But Je le plains. I pity him. 

15. se douter de—Je m’en doute. I suspect it. 

1(5. douter de—Je doute de sa sincerity. I doubt his 
sincerity. J’en doute. I doubt it. 

17. tenir a—Je tiens a le voir. I am anxious to see him. 

18. tenir de—II tient de son pere. He takes after his' 
father. 

19. ressembler a—II ressemble a son pere. He resembles 
his father. 

20 . etre au courant de—Je suis au courant des evene- 
ments de la guerre. I am acquainted with the events of the 
war. 

21 . mettre au courant de—II me met au courant de 
1 ’affaire. He informs me of the affair. 

22 . tenir au courant de—II me tient au courant de 
1 ’affaire. He keeps me informed of the affair. 

23. se connaitre en—Se connait-il en tableaux? II 
s’y connait assez bien. Is he a good judge of pictures? 
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24. tarder a—Le train ne tardera pas a venir. The 
train will not be long in coming. 

25. tarder de—II me tarde de le voir. I long to see him. 

26. vouloir dire—Que voulez-vous dire? What do you 
mean? 

27. II a failli 

pense tomber. He almost fell. 

manque de 

28. Nous avons dormi a la belle etoile. We slept in the 
open air. 

29. donner sur—La fenetre donne sur la rue. The 
window faces the street. 

30. Cela ne vaut pas la peine. That is not worth the 
trouble. 

31. II a de la peine a le lire. He has trouble reading it. 

32. II ne vaut pas la peine d’y aller. It isn't worth 
while going there. 

33. II l’a echappe belle. He had a narrow escape. 

34. savoir gre a—Je vous en sais bon gre. I am thank¬ 
ful to you for it. 

35. se tirer d’affaire—II espere se tirer d’affaire. He 
hopes to get along. 

36. II crie a tue-tete. He shouts at the top of his voice. 

37. Ni moi non plus. Nor I either. 

38. oolite que coute— cost what it may. 

39. II vit au jour le jour. He lives from hand to mouth. 



MISCELLANEOUS GRAMMATICAL QUESTIONS 

1. Mettre dans cinq seulement des phrases suivantes les 
mots qui manquent pour en completer le sens: (a) Deux 

et deux-quatre. ( b ) Je l’ai vu plus-une fois. 

(c) Je l’ai vu bien-fois. (d) Je regrette qu’il- 

malade. ( e ) Je n’en parlerai a-. (J) Qu’est-ce- 

cela? ( g ) Voici deux chaises que nous avons-. 

(h) Mon frere-de partir pour Paris, (i) Si vous 

reflechissez un peu vous-d’avis. (j) II est arrive 

-onze du mois. ( k ) J’ai passe-la matinee ici 

(/) Ma soeur-partir pour Paris. 

2. Employer le mot propre & completer le sens: (a) 

D’aujourd’hui-huit. ( b ) Je n’ai pas compris- 

vous avez dit. (c) A-heure etes-vous arrive? (d) 

-de ces deux livres voulez-vous? ( e) Je prendrai- 

les deux. 

3. Write the following sentences correctly, supplying 
the missing accents: (i) La fenetre est fermee; ouvrez-la 
s’il vous plait. ( 2 ) Cet eleve ecrivait. ( 3 ) Avez-vous 
ete au theatre? 

4. Donner le contraire de cinq des mots suivants: 
mourir, pire, maigre, devant, fermer, lourd, faible, le 
bruit, le bonheur, utile. 

5. Quel est le contraire de jeune , bonne , bien? 

6 . Citer trois autres constructions comme avoir 
besoin, et avoir envie. 

7. Naitre , mourir , entrer, venir, se conjuguent avec 
etre; nommer trois autres verbes qui se conjuguent de la 
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8 . Explain in full the derivation of the following 
adverbs: activement, poliment, enormement, commune - 
ment, constamment. 

9. Form adverbs from constant, cher, gentil, heureux. 
Write the irregular comparison of bien, peu, mat, beaucoup. 

10. Former l’adverbe de chacun des adjectifs suivants: 
leger, sec, joli, constant, nul, facile. 

11. Form adverbs from each of the following: vif, plai- 
sant , nouveau, gentil, profond, poli, lent. Compare the 
adverbs corresponding to mauvais, beau. 

12. Answer a, b, c and d. (a) Mention the adverb 
formed from prudent, obscur, aveugle, poli, long. ( 6 ) Give 
the plural of nez, de, voix, mal, clou, (c) Compare the 
adjective bon, grand ; the adverbs bien, mal, fort, (d) 
From what adjective is each of the following verbs derived: 
attendrir, enrichir, embellir, rougir, assombrirf 

13. Give the feminine of each of the following: un epoux, 
un gargon, un hote, un prince, un temoin, un neveu, un 
empereur, un heros, un artiste, un maitre. 

14. Ecrire au feminin les phrases suivantes (mettre les 
mots en italique au feminin): (a) Le due italien n’aima 
pas son beau-pere. ( 6 ) Les meilleurs oncles ne sont pas 
les plus indulgents. ( c) Soyez toujours bon, sage, gentil 
et attentif. 

15. Donner le singulier de maux ; le pluriel de travail. 

16. Ecrire le pluriel de fils, de journal, d efeu. 

17. Give the plural of le beau chou; quel gros trow, ce 
vieil animal ; pour lui seul\ e'est un homme. 

18. Ecrivez des phrases qui montrent bien la difference 
entre (i) avant de et avant que, ( 2 ) quoique et quoi que. 

19. Write and translate French sentences illustrating 
the following idioms: (a) avoir beau, (b) faire venir, (c) 
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20. Insert the proper pronoun or adjective in each of 

the following sentences: (a)-jours apres il fut envoye 

a Paris. ( b ) II n’a- k dire, (c) Voila deux homines; 

—— est fermier,-est charbonnier. (d) Achetez- 

de bon. ( e ) Je n’ai parle k -. 





Traduction de frangais en anglais 

(a) Cela ne vaut pas la peine. ( b ) On lui a pris son 
argent, (c) Je me suis fait batir une maison. (d) Vous 
avez beau dire, il ne viendra pas. ( e ) Nous allons nous 
mettre en voyage. (/) Veuillez accepter ce present. 

2. On che^che une servante capable, avec de bons 
certificats. Elle doit savoir laver et repasser et s’entendre 
un peu a la cuisine; quarante francs de gages par mois, 
bonne nourriture, liberte de dimanche. S’adresser chez 
M. A. B., Rue Tronchet, entre sept et huit heures. 

3. (a) II avait cinquante ans. (b) II ne s’en souvenait 
pas. (c) II s’est fait faire un habit, (d) J’avais bien 
froid. ( e ) II a fait un froid terrible. (/) Qu’etait-ce 
que cet homme? (g) Cela va sans dire. ( h ) Tous les 
trois mois. (i) D’heure en heure. (j) Un bateau a 
vapeur. ( k ) Une boite aux lettres. (/) Un moulin k 
vent. ( m ) Une dame aux yeux bleus. 

4. (a) “ Va-t-en! Va-t-en!” cria-t-il a tue-tete. (b) A 
cette question elle ouvrit de grands yeux. (c) II ne faut 
pas brtiler la chandelle par les deux bouts. ( d ) II a plus 
d’une corde a son arc. (e) Mon pere etait hors de lui a 
cette nouvelle. 

5. (a) Je viens vous le proposer. ( 6 ) Je vais vous le 
proposer. ( c ) J’ai beau vous le proposer. ( d ) Je viens 
de vous le proposer, (e) Si votre ami venait a vous le 
proposer. (/) J’allais vous le proposer. 

6 . (a) Montez ma malle dans ma chambre k coucher. 
(b) Nous allons monter a cheval. (c) Le rouge lui 

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monta au visage. ( d ) Mon pere monte un cheval su- 
perbe. (e) Montez l’escalier et montez la pendule. (/) 
II n’est pas agreable de monter la garde en hiver. (g) 
Comment allez-vous? (h) Cet habit vous va bien. (i) 
Allez-vous a pied ou en voiture? (/) Cela va sans dire. 

7. (a) II a du faire amende honorable. ( 6 ) Je n’ai 
pas de quoi l’acheter. {c) Qu’est-ce que cela me fait? 

(d) II a devine trois fois sur dix. (e) Je suis en train de 
travailler. 

8 . (a) II ne s’agit pas de cela. ( b ) Oh vous etes-vous 
fait mal? (c) Prenez garde de tomber. (d) J’ai fait 
faire cet habit chez votre tailleur. (e) Qu’est-ce que cela 
fait? (f) Je n’y suis pour personne. 

9* ( a ) J’ai bien faim; donnez-moi 4 manger, (b) 
Vous ^tes-vous leve? Etes-vous leve? (c) Ne vous 
moquez pas de moi. ( d ) Vous n’auriez pas du faire cela. 

(e) II y a deux mois que je l’ai vu. (/) Qu’il entre et qu’il 
s’asseye. 


TO BE ANSWERED IN FRENCH 

1. Lisez le passage suivant sans le traduire, et apr&s, 
repondez en frangais aux questions qui le suivent. 

Je suis assez grand; j’aime et je pratique les exercices 
violents, je vis k la campagne, au bord de la mer; je ne 
suis pas riche et ne le serai jamais; je n’ai, d’ailleurs, 
aucune envie d’avoir Fair riche; je suis tout a fait con¬ 
tent de mon etat, je n’en suis ni humilie ni her. 

(a) Ecrivez les mots qui ont un sens contraire a celui 
de grand , riche , content. ( b ) Expliquez en d’autres mots 
la phrase Je vis a la campagne. (c) Comment peut-on 
avoir Fair riche? ( d ) De quoi devrait-on etre plus her: 
de la richesse ou de la vertu? (e) Donnez quelques 
exemples des exercices violents. 

2. Lire Vanecdote qui suit sans la traduire , et alors 
repondre en frangais aux questions et demandes: 

Pendant que le general Moreau etait aux Etats-Unis, 
il lui arriva une assez plaisante meprise. II assistait a un 
concert ou l’on chantait un choeur dont le refrain etait: 
“ Tomorrow, tomorrow (demain, demain).” Connaissant 
tres imparfaitement la langue anglaise, il crut qu’on 
executait une cantate en son honneur, et se figura enten¬ 
dre: “ To Moreau.” Chaque fois que revenait le refrain, 
il se levait, et saluait k la ronde de son geste le plus gra- 
cieux, au grand ebahissement du public, qui n’y pouvait 
rien comprendre. 

(a) Le personnage dont on raconte cette plaisanterie, 
comment s’appelle-t-il? (6) Qu’est-ce qu’un concert? 

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(c) Qu’est-ce qu’on chantait devant le general? (d) 
Quelle fut sa meprisef ( e ) Qu’est-ce que le general a 
d<x penser de la politesse americaine? 

3. Lire Vanecdote qui suit sans la traduire, et alors 
repondre en frangais aux questions et demandes: 

Quand il etait a Jersey, Victor Hugo avait un chien 
qu’il men ait baigner tous les matins sur la plage. Le 
chien dctestait ces baignades. Un jour le chien fut en- 
rhume. II toussait beaucoup. Victor Hugo, qui l’aimait 
tendrement, le fit soigner avec solicitude, et, bien entendu, 
on suspendit les baignades. Le temps passa, le chien 
fut gueri. Comme il faisait tres chaud, on voulut de 
nouveau mener la b£te a la mer. Mais la voila qui se 
r'emet a tousser a fendre l’ame; voila Victor Hugo desold 
recommengant a soigner 1 animal. Le chien guerit une 
fois encore, et le poete, un beau matin, s’apprete a sortir; 
il siffle son compagnon a quatre pattes, qui suppose bien 
qu’au bout de la promenade il y a plage et le bain deteste, 
et qui se met k tousser, a tousser comme jamais il n’avait 
fait jusqu’alors. Il fallut se rendre a l’evidence: le chien 
avait compris; il lui suffisait de tousser pour qu’on le 
laissat tranquille, et il etait devenu un simulateur de pre¬ 
miere force! Victor Hugo nommait son chien Senat. 

(a) Repondre en frangais a quatre des questions sui- 
vantes: (i) Qu’est-ce qu’on emploie pour se baigner? 
(2) Pourquoi le chien toussait-il? (3) Pourquoi sus- 
pendit-on les baignades? ( 4 ) Pourquoi siffle-t-on un 
chien? ( 5 ) Ecrire les noms de six autres animaux. ( 6 ) 
Qui etait Victor Hugo? (5) Ecrire d’autres mots ou locu¬ 
tions frangaises pour cinq seulement des mots et locutions 
suivants: la plage , detester, soigner , on suspendit les 
baignades, de nouveau, la bite, se remettre a, a fendre Vdtme, 
desole, {c) Ecrire le contraire de detester ; de sortir. 


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4. Repondre en frangais par des phrases completes aux 

questions suivantes: (a) Depuis combien de temps 
etudiez-vous le frangais ? ( b ) Quels pays entourent la 

Suisse? ( c ) Qu’est-ce qu’un camarade? ( d ) Cu’est-ce 
qu’une ile? (e) Que veut dire le proverbe, “ Pierre qui 
roule, n’amasse pas mousse?” (f) Quel age avez-vous? 

5. (a) Que fait-on avec les yeux? avec les oreilles? 
avec le nez? avec la langue? ( b ) Expliquer en frangais le 
proverbe: “ II n’est de pires sourds que ceux qui ne veu- 
lent pas entendre.” 

6 . (a) Qu’est-ce que c’est que la poste? ( b ) Combien 
de sous y a-t-il dans deux francs? (c) Que fait-on avec la 
fourchette? ( d) Que fait-on avec la plume? (e) Nom- 
mer (avec l’article defini) quatre animaux. (/) Qu’est-ce 
que c’est qu’un medecin? (g) Quel est l’hymne national 
de la France? 

7. (a) Nommer (avec l’article defini) trois parties du 
corps, ( 6 ) Nommer (avec l’article defini) trois fetes que les 
Frangais celebrent. (c) Donner un synonyme pour chacun 
des mots suivants: heureux, beau, ancien. (d) Quand les 
feuillestombent-ellesdesarbres? (e) Nommer les mois de 
l’annee dans leur ordre. (/) Que fait un marchand? (g) 
A quoi sert une clef? 

8 . (a) Quelle est la fete nationale des Etats-Unis? 

( b ) Nommer les couleurs du drapeau (flag) frangais. (c) 
Qu’est-ce qu’un boulevard ? (d) Qu’est-ce qu’un poilu? 

(e) Que veut dire le proverbe: Tout ce qui brille n'est pas 
or? (/) Qu’est-ce que c’est qu’une grand'mere? 

9. Donner en frangais des reponses conformes a l’action: 

Que dites-vous (a) pour saluer un ami? (b) En le quit- 
tant? (c) Quand vous lui demandez l’heure? (d) Pour 
lui demander des nouvelles de sa sante ? (e) Lorsque vous 

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10. Repondre en frangais aux questions suivantes: 

(a) A quelle heure prenez-vous le dejeuner? (6) Com¬ 
ment vous appelez-vous et quel age avez-vous? (c) Que 
fait-on quand on a faim? quand on a soif ? (d) En quelle 

saison est le mois de mai? le mois de juillet? 

11. Repondre en frangais (l’article defini doit accom- 
pagner chaque nom): (a) Nommer quatre pieces d’une 
maison. ( b ) Nommer quatre parties de la joumee. 

12. Expliquer en frangais les mots suivants: assiette a 
soupe, matinee, examen, question, empereur. 

13. (a) Noel est une fete; nommer trois autres fetes. 
(, b ) Sud est un point cardinal; nommer les autres points 
cardinaux. (c) Nommer trois pays de l’Europe. 

14. Repondre en frangais aux questions et demandes 
suivantes: (a) Quand (a quelle date) celebre-t-on le jour 
deNoel? ( b ) Comment vous appelez-vous? (c) Changer 
la phrase si elle avait ete lavee , en employant le verbe au 
reflechi. (d) Combien de centimes dix sous valent-ils? 
quelle partie d’un franc? (e) Ou vend-on des bonbons? 
des souliers? 


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Examination Questions 

1. (a) If we should fear to do such a noble act, we 
should be condemned by everybody. ( b ) There is no easy 
road to learning, (c) The workmen will have finished by 
the end of the week. (< d ) Take care that you do not fall. 

2 . (a) Eat and drink something before you start. ( b ) 
He is the only man whom I know, (c) His sister asked 
every day how he was. (d) The general remained only a 
little while in this place. ( e ) May he come? 

3. (a) If you did not speak so quickly, they would 
understand you better. ( 6 ) The people were still laughing 
as they passed from the theater, (c) Marin would rather 
fight in the deserts of Algiers than rest by the shady 
banks of the Garonne. 

4. (a) She stood before the door, waiting for the men to 
come back from the fields. ( 6 ) The leaves have not fallen 
yet nor will they fall for some days. ( c ) You and your 
sister ought to be very studious, (d) I remember about 
it. (e) Go away. 

5. (a) He cannot be present at the ceremony tomorrow 
morning. ( b ) There is something very romantic about 
the country along the Rhone, (c) I beg you not to be 
angry with me, for nothing could have prevented its hap¬ 
pening. (d) This hotel charges twenty-five francs a day. 

6 . (a) You who have seen it, you must believe it- 
(b) Before the clock in the old town hall struck midnight, 

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everybody in the house had gone to bed. (c) It is best to 
pay for them when you buy them, (d) Don’t fail me. 

7. (a) He does not know that I know him. ( b ) You 
must leave here before you are discovered, (c) What you 
say is only too true. ( d ) Your sister and brother are 
going for a drive this afternoon if it is fair, (e) Where 
did it happen? 

8 . (a) Such officers are always beloved by their men. 
(b) It will fit you pretty well, (c) Without thinking that 
anybody would come as late as that the old merchant had 
closed his shop. ( d ) Let us try to help them. 

9. (a) They had not met each other there for a year. 
( b ) The people of this country are less happy than the 
people of yours, (c) That is the hardest thing that you 
have ever attempted, (d) Must you go so soon? 

10. (a) The horses were running along the road at full 
speed, (b) If you do not do it right away, do not do it 
at all. (c) When I saw them passing I shouted for joy. 
( d) Some laughed, others wept. 

11. (a) There is not a man living today who fought in 
the Revolution, (b) Do not read when it is dark; it is 
bad for the eyes, (c) I am going to France next year. 
(d) If you want to be well you should take long walks in 
the country, (e) I just met him in the street. 

12. (a) Come back to me the fifteenth of next month, 
no sooner and no later, (b) It is getting late and the 
moon will come up in a few minutes, (c) He likes to be 
in the country, (d) He thinks that the best are good for 
nothing. ( e ) Do not speak to him till he has finished. 

13. (a) He was afraid and he began to sing. ( 6 ) The 
Republic should be loved by everybody, (c) She has not 
trusted William, (d) He was in the United States a year 
ago. (e) If you like this better, tell me so at once. (/) 


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He dislikes neither, but is simply indifferent to both. ( g ) 
My father is seventy-three years old, but is in good health. 
(h) Tell me, please, sir, what time it is. 

14. (a) I prefer (like better) that you start tomorrow. 
( b ) Let him finish his lesson at home, (c) I write you 
that you may be informed. ( d ) He has received my letter; 
he spoke to me of it. ( e ) I shall want some water, take 
some to my room, please. (/) Why have you sold your 
books? We shall not sell ours, (g) How beautiful these 
books are! Whose are they? 

15. (a) They are afraid that it may be too cold to go 
to the country. ( b) We should have sent it if we had had 
it. (c) She of whom I spoke has come back, (d) I have 
just had him read it. ( e ) Does he know that I know him ? 
I cannot tell you. (/) It is in vain for you to go there now, 
he has gone away, (g) How long have you been in Paris? 
Already a fortnight. 

16. (a) Let me know if you are satisfied with what he 
told you. (6) Did you expect that our friends would 
arrive early? (c) We should have sold our house if it 
had been necessary, (d) It will be better to see them if 
they are at home. ( e ) However rich these girls may 
be, they are never proud. (/) Will you have the kindness 
to tell me where the railway station is? Certainly, you 
must go to the right, (g) Nobody could know him with¬ 
out admiring his good qualities. 

17. (a) He went to London to buy horses for his old 
master. (6) I am afraid that the story will not be inter¬ 
esting to you. (c) If he had loved his brother he would 
not have deserted him. (d) What you give him he will 
never return unless you ask him for it. (e) Do not touch 
the lion; he might bite your hand. (/) Be industrious; 
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books and bad ones may be bought at that store; choose 
the former. 

18. (a) He would have waited for you if he had thought 
you wished to go with us. ( b ) He asked me for a hundred 
francs, but I lent him only fifty. ( c) Scarcely had I fin¬ 
ished the letter when he arrived, (d) He offered me some 
flowers among which there were two beautiful roses. 
(e) If you sold these articles cheaper we should buy some. 
(/) There will be a concert this evening; do you want to 
go to it? (g) Louis ought to have brought his book. 

19. (a) Before he went to Paris, Marseilles was the 

largest city he had ever seen. ( b ) It was warmer in 
Italy August n, 1909, than in Canada, (c) When you 
need anything, ask me for it. (d) She was mistaken; it 
was not my pen, but my father’s which she lost. ( e ) 
What a beautiful red flower! Give me one if you have 
many in your garden. (/) I do not doubt that he is 
happy, although he is ill. (g) Did she not speak to you of 
me when you saw her last Thursday ? (h) Is it a long time 

that you have been here? 

20. (a) Victor Hugo, a French poet, was born in France 

in 1802 . ( b ) I met her and her sister the day before yes¬ 

terday. (c) We will take a walk tomorrow if it is pleasant. 

(d) There is the man whose horses I saw last evening. 

(e) Although he is only twenty he is a captain in the army. 
(/) Those he brought us are the finest I have ever seen, 
(g) They have been living in the United States for sev¬ 
eral years. ( h ) This book is mine, but that one is his 
sister’s. 

21. (a) May he be happy! ( h) How do you know what 
you would have done? (c) If those are the orders that 
were given you, you must obey them, (d) He is the most 
amiable man I know, (e) We came near being late, (f) 


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He desires us to sit here. ( g ) However rich he may be, he 
is not happy. 

22 . (a) I arose at half-past seven this morning, (b) I 
wished my brother to go out with me. (c) He could not 
go because he had to work. (< d ) If he were rich he would 
not be here. ( e ) Although she has not much money she 
is very happy. (/) Yesterday was the eighteenth of June, 
nineteen hundred and fourteen, (g) I have been studying 
French for two years. 

23. (a) When my mother arose at half-past six this 
morning it was raining, (b) If the weather had been 
fine she would have awakened me early, (c) vShe wished 
to go to town and she wished me to go with her. (d) But 
she went without me; she made my elder brother accom¬ 
pany her. (e) I did not care, however; one of my friends 
came to see me and we had a good time together. 

24. This morning I got up at half-past six o’clock. The 
weather was fair and warm; it was not a bit cold. I took 
a cold bath and dressed quickly. I was then warm and 
hungry. For breakfast I had a cup of coffee, bread and 
butter and two eggs. After breakfast I took my books, 
said good-by to mother and started for school. I arrived 
at school at a quarter of nine. I knew my lessons well 
in French and English history, but I did not know my 
Latin. The teacher scolded me. It was just four o’clock 
when I left school and ten minutes after four when I 
arrived home. 

25. At the end of a few minutes George Washington 
entered, a tall man with a calm cold air. I presented my 
letter of recommendation in silence. He opened it, turned 
to the signature at once and cried, “ Colonel Armand!” 


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That is what he read at the end of the letter, for the Mar¬ 
quis de la Rouarie had thus signed his name. We sat 
down. I explained as well as I could the purpose of my 
voyage to America. Washington replied in French or 
English monosyllables, listening to me in great astonish¬ 
ment. He invited me to dinner for the next day and we 
parted. 

26. I had been studying French for two years when my 
father asked me to go to France with him. We left the 
fifteenth of June and arrived in Paris a week later. Paris 
is the most beautiful city that I have ever seen. We arose 
early and went to bed late but were not able to see every¬ 
thing. We wanted to visit Versailles but had to post¬ 
pone ( remettre ) the trip on account of the bad weather. 
We spent that day in the Louvre, admiring the wonderful 
pictures and statues which are so often spoken of. 

27. New York, June 16, 1920 

Dear Friend: 

Here I am in New York! That will doubtless astonish 
you, but here I am! The weather is delightful, but they 
tell me that it will not last and that the heat in New York 
is often unendurable. For me New York is charming, no 
matter what the weather. I have received many invi¬ 
tations and have already accepted some of them; but I 
am very busy just seeing New York. 

Please write me often, as I think of you all the time 
and miss you very much. If you were only here! 

Claire. 

28. My cousin Louise and I spent two weeks in the 
country at my grandmother’s last summer. Louise is 
three years older than I and has been going to the uni¬ 
versity for two years. My father went to the station with 


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us to get our tickets. We arrived at our destination in 
four hours and saw our grandfather who had come to meet 
us in his automobile. We had a very good time and did 
not want to go home at the end of our vacation. 

29. The young poet who composed the Marseillaise was 
called Rouget de Lisle. He wrote it when he was in 
Strassburg in March or April, seventeen ninety-two. He 
spent a whole night composing (a composer) this beautiful 
song; however, he wrote nothing before the next morning. 
After writing what he had composed, he went to the house 
of his friend Dietrich to show it to him. He sang his new 
song before his friends. The mayor’s wife accompanied 
him at the piano. Everyone applauded. Soon it was 
sung everywhere in France. 

30* January 26 , 1918 

Dear Cousin Jane: 

Your kind letter has just arrived. I shall be glad to 
accept your invitation for Friday night. If I should 
be unable to come, I shall let you know Thursday night 
at the latest. Mother has been ill for two days. She 
caught a bad cold the day before yesterday. She is better 
now although she can not go out yet. We sent for the 
doctor and he came twice. Good-by until Friday. 

Your cousin Mary 

31. Gavroche is a poor little fellow. He has no home. 
He lives in the streets of Paris. His mother is dead, his 
father is in prison. How old is he? Nobody knows. He 
seems to be about eleven or twelve. He is never sad, 
although he does not always have enough to eat. He 
loves his life of freedom and is not afraid of anybody or 
anything. 


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32. 

My dear Friend: 


Park Avenue, Paris, 

January 12 , 1916 . 


Your letter reached me this morning. We have just 
come back from Biarritz, where we were spending the 
Christmas holidays with my grandparents. Every year 
they invite all the family, and all those who are not kept 
at home by sickness or by business unite to celebrate the 
new year. This year there were fourteen of us; you can 
easily imagine that we had a good time. We walked on 
the seashore, we danced and played and we were very 
sorry when the time came to say good-bye. We hope to 
meet next year. Come and see me soon. 

Yours affectionately, 

X. Y. Z. 


33. Good morning, my friends. How glad I am to see 
you! How do you do? How long have you been in 
Paris ? 

We arrived yesterday, and if the weather is fine we 
intend to stay here three weeks before going to the south 
of France to spend the winter. This morning we are going 
to the Louvre and this afternoon to the Bois de Boulogne. 
Won’t you come with us? There is so much to see and to 
do that we have no time to lose. 

34. Tell your friend that I thank her for her letter which 
I received two days ago. I shall reply to it soon. I am 
well and am having a good time in Paris. Although I have 
been studying French several years, I do not understand 
everything they say to me. But I shall work hard every 
day until the first of September, when I must return to 
America. I shall be so glad to see you all again. 


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35 . I have but a few minutes and I shall spend them 
agreeably in (a) writing to you. Charles arrived from 
London last evening and came to see me this morning. 
After a long walk in the park we went into a restaurant. 
Tomorrow we shall go to visit the Louvre. We shall start 
early. I have gone there often but my friend has never 
been there. The galleries in this famous museum are 
truly remarkable and one should not leave Paris without 
having seen them. 

36. I had a short French composition to write this 
morning in our French class. If I knew more French 
words and expressions it would be easy to write in French 
for the grammar is simple. As my vocabulary is small, I 
simply told at what time I get up in the morning, what I 
eat for breakfast, with whom I go to school and which 
classes I prefer. Then I told what I usually do after 
school, what lessons I prepare in the evening and at what 
time I go to bed. That isn’t very interesting but at least 
I don’t have to look up any words in the dictionary. 

37. Tomorrow our vacation begins. How glad I am! 
We shall have no more classes for ten weeks. What do 
you think of that ? Wouldn’t you like to be with us again ? 
We could take some fine walks, couldn’t we? 

I should like to visit Paris next summer. After another 
year I shall know enough French, I hope. Father says 
I’m lazy. He wants me to study French this summer but 
I know I should not be able to do it. I prefer to play; 
it is too hot to study. 

38. My parents came to the United States in 1889 when 
my older brother was four years old. They were English 
and came from Liverpool. They first lived in New York 
where my father worked in a store. After two years they 
went to Philadelphia and I was bom there on the twenty- 


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third of June, 1893. My family learned the customs of 
their new country and became American citizens as soon 
as possible. 

39. (a) Before the house. ( b ) Before eight o’clock. 

(c) A wooden table, (d) A writing table, (e) Three thou¬ 
sand men. (/) Seventeen hundred and twenty-one miles, 
(g) July 8, 1596. (h) A house fifty feet long. O') He 

has more than I. (j ) She has more than ten. 

40. (a) He is tall. How tall he is! ( b ) Have you a 
single friend who is faithful? ( c ) Before opening that 
window shut this one. ( d ) The last week, last week, (e) 
I doubt whether he has gone out. (/) Are you tired? Iam. 
(g) It is easy to solve that problem, (h) That problem is 
easy to solve. 

41. (a) Moliere was bom in Paris in 1622. ( b ) Their 

marriage took place on the tenth of July, 1912. (c) I 

have never seen such beautiful flowers. ( d ) Go get me 
my umbrella; it is going to rain. ( e) Do not go away 
without us. (/) They would know French better if they 
studied more, (g) Be so kind as to lend it to me. 

42. (a) Those who steal are thieves, (b) I do not know 

what I am doing, (c) What fell ? ( d ) Do not pick those 

flowers* ( e ) I had to do it. (/) When did he die? (g) 
How much did you pay for it ? ( h ) What are you laugh¬ 

ing at? (i, j) I should not have given it to you if I had 
not wanted to. 

43. (a) I don’t know what his name is. (6) Here is the 
story that I have read, (c) Tell it to him today, (d) 
Do not speak to me of him. (e) You are right and I am 
wrong. (/) Who is it? It is I. (g) He does it better 
than I. ( h ) His pen is better than mine. ( i) Birds are 
animals, (j) I am sorry that you are not well. 


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44. (a) When you have finished your book we will 
take a walk. (6) He would like to see you before you go 
out. (c) It is he who is right, it is you who are wrong. 

( d ) Is your father a doctor or a lawyer? (e) He is neither; 
he is a merchant. 

45. (a) They are sitting about us. (6) Do not think 
about it. (c) Before six o’clock the streets were filled 
with people. ( d ) It was placed before the town hall. ( e ) 
He is the strongest man in this city. 

46. (a) What does that mean? (6) Louis was sad; 
I found him weeping. ( c ) Louise was sad; I found her 
weeping. ( d ) He went to his uncle’s and stayed a week. 

(e) That is what I needed most. 

47. (a) It is very warm today. (6) Are you thirsty? 

(c) It will be fine (weather) tomorrow, (d) He said he 
was warm, (e) Are you sleepy? (/) His friend has just 
arrived. ( g ) It is windy, is it not? ( h ) I was cold, (i) 
Does Mary need a book? (/) I have a headache. 

48. (a) He will never come. ( b ) I cannot do it (unem- 
phatic negation), (c) He is a taller man than you are. 

( d ) Do not say so unless you are certain. ( e ) Not at all. 

49. (a) At what hour do you get up? ( b ) Our sisters 
live in Canada, (c) She sat down beside me. ( d ) I need 
a book, (e) I shall be there. 


COMPOSITION 


1. Ecrire en frangais une composition de 75 mots 
environ sur un des sujets suivants: (a) Une visite. ( b ) 
Mes etudes, (c) Mon auteur favori. 

2. (a) L’hiver (nature triste, soleil pale, froid, neige, 
glissades, patinage, promenade en traineaux). ( b ) Dans 
une lettre a votre mere decrivez votre chambre (table, 
chaises, tableaux, livres, fenetres, lit, etc.) 

3. (a) Un voyage en Europe. ( b ) Un dialogue entre 
le professeur et un eleve qui n’a pas etudie la legon. (c) 
Ce que j’ai vu recemment au cinema. 

4. (a) Comment on fait une malle (ce qu’il faut mettre 
dedans pour faire un petit voyage). ( b ) Decrivez votre 
ville natale (ou n’importe quelle autre ville). 

5. Ma classe de frangais (la salle de classe, le professeur, 
les livres, les eleves.) 

6. (a) Deux de mes etudes. ( b) Mon ami favori. 
(c) Le plaisir d’un voyage a pied (paysage, passants, ville, 
village, campagne, montagne, bois, sources). 

7. (a) Les v£tements (d’hommes, de femmes), (b) 
Les trois repas (ce qu’on mange et boit). ( c ) Ce qu’on 
peut voir dans les rues (ou sur les boulevards) de Paris. 

8 . Ecrire en frangais une conversation imaginaire sur 
la vie scolaire, ou bien Raconter comment vous passez 
ordinairement le dimanche (les repas, les recreations, visi- 
tes, etc.). 

9. Ecrire en frangais une petite composition de cin- 
quante mots environ sur un des sujets suivants: (a) Les 
quatre saisons. (b) Un pays de 1’Europe, (c) Votre 
ecole. 

10. Ecrire en frangais une petite composition de 75 mots 
environ sur un des sujets suivants: (a) Racontez comment 
vous passez ordinairement vos journees. ( 6 ) Decrivez 

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trois parties (pieces, chambres) de la maison et expliquez 
l’utilite de chacune. 

11 . Ecrire une reponse a la lettre suivante: 


Avenue Montaigne 23, Paris, 

tv/t • le 3 mai, 1912. 

Monsieur Allan Smith, 

Rochester, N. Y. 

Monsieur, 

Tous les jours je regrette davantage mon ignorance 
de l’anglais, mais je sais qu’il y a dans votre ville beaucoup 
de jeunes gens et de jeunes filles qui sont capables de vous 
traduire ma lettre et d’en rediger une reponse en frangais. 
Voulez-vous me dire si dans l’histoire de votre pays telle 
qu’on l’enseigne dans les ecoles, on appuie sur les services 
que mon pays a rendus au vdtre, et si vous croyez qu’on 
fait tout ce qu’il faut faire pour maintenir dans les nou- 
velles generations l’amour de la France? Je sais que les 
Americains sont les descendants de toutes les nations 
europcennes; qu’est-ce qu’il font apprendre a leurs enfants 
au sujet de la France? Que savent-ils, par exemple, de 
Lafayette et de Rochambeau? 

Veuillez agreer, Monsieur, l’expression de mes senti¬ 
ments tres distingues. , 7 _ 

Jules paguet. 


12 . Write in French a composition of about 75 words, 
describing Paris. 

Or 

Describe in French the country in spring, using about 
75 words. 

13 . Write in French a composition of about 75 words on 
some interesting experience that you have had. 

14 . Ecrire en frangais une centaine de mots sur une his- 
toire ou un roman que vous avez lu ce semestre. 


PHONETICS 


1 . (a) Donner la prononciation des mots suivants (en 
employant preferablement la notation phonetique inter- 
nationale): deux heros, en effet, milieu, en hiver, avril. 

(6) Give the quantity (long or short) of the italicized 
vowels in the following: papa, cruel, Verdwn, sange, rase, 
rave, sceur, am i, am ie, batadle. Give the rule for the 
quantity of each vowel. 

2 . Choisir a ou b: (a) Ecrire les mots suivants en 
caracteres phonetiques: actuellement, Jeanne, Marseille, 
lieu, singulier. ( b ) (i) Souligner dans les mots suivants 
les voyelles nasalisees: souligner, prononciation, emmener, 
ennemi, inutile. (2) Copier les mots suivants en soulig- 
nant une fois les e fermes, deux fois les e ouverts, et trois 
fois les e muets: muet, fermes, ouverts, Angleterre, 
actuellement. 

3 . Answer either a or b: (a) Indiquer la prononcia¬ 
tion des mots suivants (en employant preferablement la 
notation phonetique intemationale): ecole, le sang, le sens 
du mot, comment done! meme. ( b ) Explain the differ¬ 
ence or differences in the sound or sounds of the words in 
each group: (1) S’en, sans, sang, cent, (2) oeuf, ceufs, 
(3) les yeux, les cieux, (4) j’etais, j’aimai, (5) peindrai, 
vendrais. 

4 . Indiquer la prononciation (en employant preferable¬ 
ment la notation phonetique intemationale): (a) de la 
premiere syllabe de monsieur , compter , fete, joyeux , ( b ) de la 
deuxieme syllabe de fouteuil , conseil , (a) de la derni&re 
syllabe de travail , quatre-vingts. 


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6. Donner la prononciation des mots suivants (en 
employant preferablement la notation phonetique inter- 
nationale): le milieu, le sens du mot, le sang, le point, un 
moine. 

6 . Donner la prononciation des mots suivants (en 
employant preferablement la notation phonetique inter- 
nationale): le gamin, l’oiseau, un petit etre, joyeux, bruy- 
ant. 

7 . Compare in respect to pronunciation (using the 
international phonetic notation, if possible) the itali¬ 
cized parts of the words in each of the following groups: 
(a) c<?der, cede, ( b ) b on, bonne , ( c ) cerde, cote, (d) cher, 
chercher, (e) chaise, ch asse. 

8. Dans les mots suivants indiquer les consonnes 
finales qui se prononcent: trop heureux, trop t6t, vers 
Test, lui et elle, c’est une ville, tous les soldats, ce sont 
tous des soldats, ils croient arriver. 

9 . Answer either a or b : (a) Ecrire en caracteres pho- 
netiques: demeurez, grammaires, suivantes, adject if, pas 
de fautes. (6) Copier les mots suivants; si la consonne 
finale se prononce, soulignez-la: (a) Je sens, (6) le sens, 
(c) fin, (d) etranger, (e) gaz, (/) genoux, (g) cuiller, (h) 
clef, (i) hiver, (j) gentil. 

10 . Compare in respect to pronunciation the italicized 
vowels in the following groups: (i) appeler, dge, (2) 
otait, otre, (3) notre, la notre. 

11 . Donner la prononciation des mots suivants, en 
employant preferablement la notation phonetique inter¬ 
national: contenant, travaillant, pays, village, seconde. 

12 . Answer either a or b : (a) Donner la prononciation 
des mots suivants (en employant preferablement la nota¬ 
tion phonetique internationale): six encriers, soixante, 
page, inutile, Thomme &ge. (6) Explain the difference(s), 


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if any, between the sounds of (i) mon ante and donndmes 
( 2 ) Louis and lui, ( 3 ) fete and faites, ( 4 ) faim and fin, ( 5 ) 
point and poing. 

13. Donner la prononciation de cinq seulement des 
mots suivants (en employant preferablement la notation 
phonetique intemationale): mieux, femme, eftmes, faisait, 
feuilles, peuple, travailler, samedi. 


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